Chelsea

Chris Martin at Mitchell Inness & Nash Gallery

                                               

Bill Jensen at Cheim and Read Gallery

Joyce Pensato at Petzel Gallery

                                               

Doug Wheeler at Zwirner

This piece --"Wheeler’s SA MI 75 DZ NY 12 (2012) explores the materiality of light while emphasizing the viewer’s physical experience of infinite space. The exhibition marks the first presentation of an “infinity environment” by the artist in New York."




I came with the idea of the sublime, and the over whelming feeling was of an Arctic space. Amazing really and somewhat frightening.


The idea of putting on these protective booties then made me think of maybe of a Woody Allen movie and everyone in, 'Heaven .' The pictures all most certainly make everyone very hip looking like a J Crew catalog.


Doug was a friend of McCracken's and I think a little of something I always thought about John, that the illusion was a bit corny, I wish like Heaven the idea, that we could see the cracks a bit. 


I am a New York school artist and even though the idea is forgotten here I liked the grey box of Judd and Morris for exactly what it was. That said I guess I have followed right into the illusion with everyone else.


Certainly its been a long time coming for Doug. 

David Shapiro, Barry Schwabsky, and Vincent Katz

This was a great evening at the 11th St Bar. I've never been to a reading containing as many artists, this because of Barry, but the way it should be.

I was happiest as many of my art friends got to finally hear David. Barry read poems which seemed to have an empty maybe urban sky as much of their juxtaposed content.

It takes a long time to 'get ' a poet. Vincent Katz joined Barry to read some things they have collaborated upon. It  filled out the evening in a good way, I guess I mean now here were two art related poets, and then...

Well I thought this one of David's best readings. The classics work over and over as sheer poetry and David's delivery brings them into the charismatic performance genre which had no problem in dealing with the juke box and bar banter.

Barry suggested  David make an encore and someone said they thought that a first at a poetry reading.

David for me is just our poet of the time, he will follow Ashbery and quite possibly be able to keep poetry alive til another one as capable comes along.

I hope this is the beginning of something.

Molissa Fenley at Judson Church